Although it was cold and covered with cotton, from Su Ziji's perspective, he could still see some heat emanating from the meat pie, and the chatter of the neighbors who had taken the meat pie could also be heard.
"Who is this?"
"The Hu family sent it to the neighbors. I heard that the wife of the second master of the Hu family who was an official in another place died in office, leaving an orphaned daughter and a widowed mother. Without a backbone to support them, they were afraid of prying eyes, so they moved to live with their uncle..."
"Then why should you go to the Hu family's boss instead of your mother's family?"
"Who knows... maybe the chaste woman doesn't want to remarry. The boss of the Hu family is just a scholar. He doesn't have the power of his second wife, so he can't bully the two of them. Moreover, although he joined the uncle, he actually bought the house next door to get through it, but it doesn't
Living together, we just have someone to take care of us, and the boss of the Hu family went to the countryside to buy land yesterday, so he happened to avoid this scene."
"Hey, my wife is the famous Hedong Lion Roar. Boss Hu has a strong desire to survive..."
"No wonder now that the meat pie is being distributed, the mother and daughter don't have a man to support them, so they can't invite their neighbors over to have a drink. Distributing the meat pie can be regarded as a housewarming celebration."
Gossip news spreads faster than flying.
Su Ziji burst into laughter. Seeing Ye Weihan quicken his pace, he followed him and saw a group of carriages passing by.
The Hu family was not far away. Among the guards and maids, a mother and daughter came down. Not only the eldest wife of the Hu family came out to greet them, but a group of people watching the fun had gathered on the street early. Their eyes were like roots, and they couldn't help but glance at the mother and daughter.
, as if I could take advantage.
It was still winter in February, so it was hard to see through thick clothes. Besides, mother and daughter were both veiled. They nodded to their neighbors and entered Hu's house. The door was immediately closed.
Although outsiders could not clearly see the appearance of the official wife and young lady, the face of the eldest daughter-in-law of the Hu family was very ugly, which made people guess. The excitement was worth the price of admission.
After the excitement subsided, the door was closed. The eldest daughter-in-law of the Hu family took a quick look and saw that her young son had betrayed her and was very passionate about the orphaned daughter and widowed mother. She touched her cheeks, which were no longer as smooth as before, and spat out bitterly.
: "Call Da Lang back! Go to the second house shamelessly. Don't forget that these are his aunt and sister. Is this a bite of meat or a reward of more yuan?"
"Madam, how many do you want to bite?" A crisp voice sounded from behind the eldest daughter-in-law, making her tremble all over and feel a little creepy for no reason. When she looked back, she saw a pair of charming eyes.
"The mother and daughter looked familiar just now." Su Ziji, who couldn't see what was going on inside and looked back, frowned and sighed. He heard a snort from behind. When he looked back, he saw it was Ye Buhui.
She shouted: "Go quickly, dad is already far away, what are you looking at!"
Well, the irritable little girl got angry again and hurriedly followed her. The Spring Festival had passed, every shop was open, and people were bustling with people. When passing by, people said hello from time to time, and Ye Weihan returned the greetings one by one.
Arriving at the door of a house, Ye Weihan stopped. Su Ziji stepped forward and knocked on the door, taking advantage of the waiting time to observe.
"Zeng Lingchu and Zeng Xiucai?"
Zeng Lingchu's father was a Tongzhi. This house has a red door and high walls. It is not shabby, but it has no servants, the lanterns are a bit old, and the snow in front of the steps has not been swept away. It does not look like a Tongzhi's house.
The person who opened the door was a young woman, her charm was still there, but her face looked tired. When she opened the door, Su Ziji saw her fingers were cracked, and couldn't help but think of Ye Buhui's little hands, which also had frostbite.
Real life in ancient times is not as beautiful as the talented and beautiful women in time-travel novels. Beauties also have to work hard, scholars also take concubines, and when the family is in a bad situation and cannot afford to hire long-term workers, the mistress also has to do some work.
However, people in this era are accustomed to it, and Ye Weihan's attitude was very low: "Mrs. Zeng is well, I'm here to pick up the manuscript."
"Please come in, my husband is in the study." Mrs. Zeng moved inside.
The two of them followed in. Inside was a middle-aged scribe drinking tea. When he saw the visitor, he stood up and said, "Brother Ye, please sit down. The manuscript you want has been written."
He spoke in a low voice and seemed calm, but he was a little short of breath. He was slightly panting and had a tired look on his face. Su Ziji was very familiar with this kind of fatigue. He looked like he had stayed up late. He glanced at the manuscript and saw that it was written with a brush.
There are not many words in the whole sheet. It looks like a lot of words, but it may not be ten thousand words.
Ye Weihan smiled: "Thank you for your hard work, everyone. I will read it."
As he said this, he took out an article and read it quickly. He couldn't help but sigh: "How amazing, it is indeed Master Zeng."
Zeng Lingchu smiled and had no further reaction.
Ye Weihan pondered, made some calculations, and said, "Leave it to me, and my store will give you 30% of the royalties. How about that?"
"also!"
Zeng Lingchu's attitude was still indifferent, but he did not object and nodded in agreement.
Su Ziji didn't say anything. At this time, he stepped forward to take the manuscript. Ye Weihan smiled and gave it to him, pointing casually: "This is my nephew Su Ziji. Maybe you have heard of it. The son of the Su family, now
If you want to rush the boy to take the test, you can vouch for it."
"oh?"
Zeng Lingchu had a tired look on his pale face. He glanced at Su Ziji casually, coughed lightly, and nodded in agreement.
Not only did the five people in the county examination guarantee each other's marriage, but at least one of them was a junior student. Zeng Lingchu had done this many times. Besides, he had indeed heard of Su Ziji, so he immediately wrote a guarantee agreement.
"You took the trouble." Ye Weihan took out a piece of broken silver from his arms. Although it had been cut with scissors, the background was white, thin and deep, with nine-eight color patterns of silver - this was the rule.
It is said that there are only twenty junior students in the county, but there are one or two hundred people taking the examination. From this alone, each junior student can earn an average of ten taels of silver.
Su Ziji stopped reaching into his arms and raised his eyes to look at Ye Weihan. The Ye family was already in great difficulty, but they still prepared Bao Jieyin silently.
"If you take out the money now, Ye Weihan will definitely have to ask where the money came from."
"Is it possible that you are talking about murder and robbery?"
"Forget it, it's not too late to repay the favor if you win the lottery. Anyway, I already owe a lot of favors."
Immediately he took the bail and left with Ye Weihan.
"Boss Ye brought his nephew to see you, why do you look so calm?" Mrs. Zeng looked at the two people who were leaving the house and asked, "Don't you have a good friendship?"
"The friendship is good, and the 30% royalty payment is very kind, but the Ye family's store is too small." Zeng Lingchu sighed melancholy: "My family is in this county, and we only own one property. The land area is only 80 acres, and the annual income from other bank rentals is
With only 30 taels of silver, others thought my family belonged to officials, so it was really difficult for me to get going."
"I have no choice. It's okay to help, but I can't give the next book to the Ye family." As he said this, Zeng Lingchu shook his head and sighed.
When they went out, the snow was a bit heavy and there were fewer pedestrians on the road. Su Ziji looked at Ye Weihan's back and suddenly shouted: "Uncle Ye?"
"What's wrong?" Ye Weihan looked back in surprise.
"...I will definitely pass the county exam." Su Ziji said this when he said it.